Grateful Dead

Hate to rip open the wound but have to weigh in on this. The Who to me is exponentially better than the Doors. It’s not even close. The doors have some good songs ... yes. but most songs I find them generally to be monotonous after the first minute or two. In terms of best super group. I always liked The Who better than zeppelin or stones. But to me, In terms of talent and diversity, the Beatles are the best in a league of their own. Who, zeppelin stones are all a level below. Well, Dylan would be there too with Beatles but he isn’t a “band” per se. But the dead is my favorite and always has been for reasons stated. Though One thing the dead has done that no one else has (that I know). They spawned a unique sub-culture via the dead heads. Yes most bands have a “following” but nothing like the dead and deadheads. In addition, in my opinion the started the jam band genre. And from that they could be next to only Dylan in terms of influence on later generations of music (talking only rock and roll of course). Finally, when u factor in their approach to things like random set lists, giving away their music via taping section, mail order for ticket sales etc .... there is nothing like the dead.

... More nitrous! https://archive.org/details/gd1982-04-19.mtx.tobin.89389.flac24/gd1982-… Happy Thursday from Baltimore, DeadLand Peace PS - It's a killer show ta'boot (for those who have never heard it before...)

Psychedelic Sounds of...Easter Everywhere Bull of the Woods

I don't know who Hoffman is, but Albert Hofmann delivered a gift to the world for sure:) Things to read:LSD My Problem Child - Albert Hofmann Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley The Rose of Paracelsus - William Leonard Pickard (yes, yes, yes) Heads - Jesse Jarnow The Psychedelic Renaissance - Dr. Ben Sessa ...Well it starts like a roller coaster ride, so real it takes your breath away it slides you through your point of view, you look back to where you thought you'd stayed your ride changes outside view, while it glides you like a neon ray, and you find you don't have to search for words, 'cause theres nothing you need to say well come on, you gotta let it happen to you, come on, and let it happen to you, you gotta open up your mind and let everything come through...

KeithFan2112, this is gonna be a lot as I just recently looked into this question (about a month ago) when I was listening to 8/23/71 on archive.org. Here's my review of the show, then further down, what I gathered about the lists for the two nights, 8/23 and 8/24: -- Reviewer: mcgrupp216 - March 16, 2018 Subject: su71 Chicago This is the next available Chicago show after the slate of available 69s: 25-26 April and 4-5 July. I couldn't find audio for 31-1 January/February and can't find audio for the one 1970 Chicago show, played on Black Friday, 27 November. What a difference a couple years in GD history makes, wow! Some confusion on dates and lists, but this show and setlist is indeed 8/23/71. (It is not 8/24, as I've occasionally seen it listed as, which is featured, entire, on Dick's Picks Vol. 35, together with 8/7 from San Diego.) Much of the show is featured on the Summer '71 Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3, Disc 2, which includes (from set 1) China->Rider and Sugaree and (from set 2) Truckin', Cryptical->drums->o1->me and my uncle->o1->cryprical->wharf rat-, and sugar magnolia. (Disc 1, for those keeping track, features material from New Haven, 7/31, and the "bonus" 3rd disc is from Hollywood CA and San Pedro, respectively played on 8/6 and 8/4.) This show is fantastic. There's of course some bitter irony -- Dylan M. alludes to this -- "the boys" sound so fresh and alive during this show and the summer of '71, at precisely the time Pig Pen's regular standing in the band was being phased out. He would finish out the tour (he's there on 8/24 and 8/26), take a four-month hiatus, returning in December 1971 until June '72, after which he officially retired (last show, 6/17). So the next night, 8/24, would be his final Chicago show. He led vocals on strong versions of It Hurts Me Too, Empty Pages, Big Boss Man, and Good Lovin' and on 8/23 he led on Mr. Charlie, Next Time You See Me, and Big Boss Man. It's nice to hear him backing up on NFA, too. Back to the music: Phil is popping off on lead-bass all show and most of these songs absolutely bounce. 8/24/71 is also fantastic, must-listen '71 dead. I can't find a copy in the archive, but fortunately it's widely available and featured, entire, on Dick's Picks Vol. 35. Show highlights include song debuts of Brown Eyed Women (neat, different, early pilot version) and Empty Pages (new, unfortunately little played Pig Pen tune, would only be played one more time a couple nights later), the high-energy NFA->GDTRFB->NFA medley, and the nearly 12-minute Good Lovin' to close. Four stars for what we get from 8/24 as the "salvageable" parts lack any deep jams. 5 stars for the evening prior, I'd say perhaps on the strength of the night's cryptical suite ending with wharf rat, alone. -- The following setlist from archive.org is confirmed by some discussion I found on "Missing 1970 Shows," a blog entry from the following link: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/missing-1970-shows.html. Wrote Light Into Ashes, 19 June 2013: " Per David Lemieux, this is the complete 8/23/71 setlist (* were released) - Set 1 Big RR Blues, Playing In The Band, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree*, El Paso, Next Time You See Me, Bertha, Me and Bobby McGee, Cumberland Blues, Big Boss Man, Loser, Promised Land, China>Rider*, Casey Jones Set 2 Truckin'*, Bird Song, Cryptical>Drums>Other One>Me and My Uncle>Other One>Cryptical>Wharf Rat*, Deal, Brokedown Palace, Sugar Magnolia*, NFA>GDTRFB>NFA>Johnny B. Goode " Finally, as for 8/24, here's more from that blog entry discussion: " And this is the released part of 8/24/71 (according to Lemieux, "all that was salvageable") - Uncle John's Band, Playing In The Band, Loser, Hurts Me Too, Cumberland Blues, Empty Pages, BIODTL, Brown Eyed Women, St Stephen > Not Fade Away > GDTRFB > NFA, Me and Bobby McGee, Big Boss Man, Brokedown Palace, Good Lovin' (The rest of the setlist is not known for sure, but probably includes some of the songs on the "8/23/71" deadbase setlist.) " Hope that helps! PS: btw, if Light Into Ashes (or anyone else) is reading, you must get back in the archive.org. You mentioned there's only incomplete AUD recordings of 8/23 and that a SBD doesn't seem likely to ever circulate. My review is of a really excellent Charlie Miller transfer, uploaded by Matthew Vernon on 20 October 2013. Must-listen!

Anyone notice the recently released reissue of the Cornell '77 vinyl? I find it curious that none of the descriptions I read mention it being previously released as a limited edition set. I haven't seen it offered here, and I find it interesting the fact it was originally marketed as a limited release and any explanation for a re-release seems to be swept under a magic carpet. It also leads me to consider the implications. Should I not be in any hurry to grab the Fillmore West RSD vinyl on Saturday because it will be reissued in a few months? I feel slightly duped, and not because I want to have something few others can have. I feel duped because limited edition offerings are strong marketing manipulations to create a sense of urgency. I bite, and I bit, and now it's like, "hey guy, why the hurry? we'll press thousands more after the initial race." All that aside, I am happy that those who did not get the vinyl on the first round will be able to grab a copy if they want. This release sounds great on wax. Update: I did a little more research and confirmed one difference I already suspected. The initial release was 180g vinyl, and the reissue is 140g. The initial is numbered, so I also suspect there may be some difference in the packaging.

....hey! I have that issue!! I was an avid comic book collector until around 1994. Had to stop. I was buying more than i could read. It was like crack....

https://goo.gl/images/bHpGDD The discovery of LSD as told by Grant Morrison and Richard Case on the pages of Doom Patrol...

I have just had a look an amazon.co.uk-I hadn't thought of looking on there for Deadbase. But its still costs a small fortune. £263.00-thats 370.00 dollars. I haven't got a kindle machine, so that's that for the time being. Amen about the tapes. They have certainly prolonged my interest. And great though so many rock bands were and are, I have yet to come across one that played such varied shows of such high quality for such a long period of time. Due to my lack of skills and equipment, I don't listen to shows on the archive-but I've still got enough shows on cd to keep me going till the end of my life-I am quite old, mind you. Vinyl seems to have got me in its grip this year. That Shrine 67 show-wow! So, looking forward to the 1969 recording that should be coming our way soon.

And you realize there's an amazon.co.uk, which should reduce fees even more.